Two-year-olds grab the spotlight in Race 8 at Del Mar, the I’m Smokin’ Stakes, on Sept. 6th. Most of the horses should be going off at overlaid thoroughbred betting odds because the favorite, the undefeated Bench Points, may receive more attention than he should for winning the Graduation Stakes in his last. That’s good news to most horseplayers who no doub […]
Horseplayers should bet on stakes races at Saratoga on Monday. The Spa will run the Grade I Hopeful Stakes for two-year-olds and the Grade III Glen Falls Handicap for three-year-olds and up on Labor Day, September 6th. A longshot might be able to win the Hopeful but the Glen Falls looks like it is Forever Together’s to win or lose…or does it? [Off topic: by […]
The undefeated and highly regarded Malibu Prayer will get tested for class while battling likely horse racing favorite Switch in the Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar this Sunday, September 5th. Malibu Prayer was green in her last race, an $80,000 optional claimer on the turf at a mile, but found a way to win by ¾ lengths after running the first quarter in :22 […]
Trainer Todd Pletcher has a plethora of two-year-old fillies in his stable. A freakin’ plethora. How many does he have? Pletcher has so many that when horseplayers check out Race 10 at Saratoga on Sunday to look for thoroughbred betting options, they will find the name Todd Pletcher next to 50% of those options. 3 of the 4 horses that Pletcher saddles in […]
Don’t take short thoroughbred racing odds on any horse to win Race 4 at Del Mar on Saturday, Sept. 4th. Although there are two stakes races on Saturday at Del Mar, the best bet will most likely be found in Race 4 where three-year-olds will go one mile over the turf in an optional claiming $80,000. […]